The Drydock - Episode 377

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00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:38 - Why did the Hawkins class have single guns instead of centreline turrets? 00:07:58 - Deep-firing submarines in WW2? 00:13:12 - Impact of Shoreham on naval history? 00:17:47 - How would Chester-class successors have stacked up against their contemporaries? 00:23:20 - If the IJN actually had significant numbers of trained pilots left by Philippine Sea, would that have been enough to partially mitigate the superiority of the F6F Hellcat over prior American or Japanese carrier-based fighters? 00:26:51 - Could a nation use a light carrier as a 'fleet carrier' flagship? 00:30:35 - Pros and Cons of the different style decks broken vs sweeping etc? 00:35:52 - What is the difference between a minesweeper and a minehunter? 00:38:26 - What happened to the paper on the loss of HMS Hood? 00:50:41 - Based on what you learned on your trip to Japan, what advantages do you think Japan had in WW2 with regards to port facilities or other natural advantages that support naval power? 00:54:16 - During the time period that this channel covers: Were there any sailing Warships that were particularly notable for outstanding speed characteristics and were any of those ships given special combat/operational orders because of that speed capability? 00:57:27 - What was naval intelligence like in the age of sail? 01:01:35 - During the Second World War what were operational (non combat) losses like for each navies respective carrier branch and were steps taken to mitigate the losses? 01:05:48 - why do many British submarines in WW2 have elevated deck guns? 01:10:04 - If you had to build a battleship design for the RN post-WW2, with a view to it having the longest possible useful life past the end of where the channel covers, what would you build?